GEORGE TOWN: The family of the late Karpal Singh was caught by surprise after a Taoist temple decided to display an idol resembling the late MP and lawyer at its premises in Teluk Intan, Perak.

However, Karpal's son, Ramkarpal, said that the family has not decided what to do about on the statue.

"We don't want to offend any religion," said the Bukit Gelugor MP on Saturday.

He said his family came to know about the matter on Thursday when photographs of the idol went viral on social media. The story of the idol was also widely reported by Chinese newspapers.

In Teluk Intan, Tokong Da Bo Gong caretaker Goh Chai Huat said he commissioned the statue, made from camphor wood, from China.

Karpal, the former DAP national chairman, was killed in a road accident on April 17, 2014. He was then the Bukit Gelugor MP.


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Lol

Hmm, KFC oldman

Hm black magic going on here

If another religion treats you as a deity, its an honour what.
In chinese - thong lei han san lei pai.

Wow
So fast become Guan Yu already

Jibby idol mana?

minta nombor

What? Never seen a wax musuem?

kek, so cute

Inb4 idol worship.

Worship as god.

Okay

When i see the statue, suddenly got feel macam nak makan kentucky fried jiken

He got honoured.......

Many notable historical figures make it into the Daoist Pantheon.......mind you this thought goes back to the Shang/Zhou dynaties. People with virtue are i.e. public figures who attempts to administer with virtue gets honoured.......and you know the country is full of small people, to say the least.

looks like a toy

why not at least he was consistent in his fight

the same cant be same to the opportunist guan eng n kit siang who lied to chinese ppl about pas n hudud

too small and looks cheap

Facepalm. Randomly make idols.

lol wtf

how big is it?

only in Bolehland

It is the same as Dato Keramat and Datuk Ali...

Until now still being worshipped

They are given offerings like sirih and pinang and sometimes songkok also.

These people are high ranking individuals last time who contributed to the community

ok I LOL so hard

Very new Chinese custom...

I hope the devotees will only commemorate his contributions and pray for him, rather than pray at him and ask for nombor ekor. Otherwise his family will be sad.

Deities like Guan Yu and Zheng He have their own stories and legends.

Not too sure about Datuk Kong. Always thought that they are local land gods (deities).

Inbe4 blow yourself up

Hadi: Absolutely harommm!!!